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    How many people have the good fortune to travel by plane? I was one of the fortunate few. My first flight in the air was the most exciting experience in my life. I was travelling from Delhi to London by air. I entered the aeroplane in the morning. It was like getting into a car or bus but the noise of the machine made us feel that it was different. Soon the plane took off and rose in the air higher and higher. The buzzing sound which had fascinated me continued. When I looked down‚ things looked

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    June 2014 Introduction Paragraph Instructions: Effective hook‚1 line plot summary of A Pair of Tickets ‚Publication Dates‚ 1 line plot summary of A Conversation With My Father‚ and Thesis statement goes last. Paragraph #2 Article Quote(Characters and Author) “A Pair of Tickets” is much better than “A Conversation with My Father ” because of its superior setting. In the article titled “Daughter-text/Mother-text” Marina Heung suggests that the literature on women’s works is expanding rapidly (597)

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    My First Visit to Nigeria

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    reconstruct my first visit to Nigeria. The journey took place when I was seventeen in early 1993‚ during which time Nigeria was under the military rule of General Sanni Abacha. For the most part of my trip I stayed in Lagos‚ former capital state and still highly recognised as the commercial capital of Nigeria‚ although I did visit other parts of the country including Ondo State and Jos. Between this time and the time I left‚ in early 1994‚ I experienced and learnt a lot about the Nigerian culture. My main

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    LUNGAY‚ Ma. Vivien Joy B. MEB11 – ENGL101 My father is a man like no other. He may not be a hero with supernatural powers‚ but he can be as mighty as Superman. Before‚ he works as a security guard at night and a caregiver at daytime in California and in order to send me to De La Salle University-Dasmarinas‚ he find a new job that could meet the demands of my course even if that would mean enduring the pain and hardships in processing salmons and king crabs in the cold region of Alaska. And during

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    Both writers from “Dreams from my Father” and “The Life you Imagine” used various writing strategies to convey their challenges and experiences. To me‚ the strategies both authors used were very effective in getting the point across to their readers. Colloquial language‚ figurative language‚ academic vocabulary and descriptive details are examples of some common strategies they put in place. Jeter used rhetorical questions and colloquial language to convey his experience about his goals and dreams

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    My First Acid Trip

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    Narrative and Descriptive Essay My First LSD Trip Ever since I heard of LSD‚ I’d always been interested in it. I could never believe that taking a drug could literally alter your reality. It even makes your subconscious come out into the real world. It’s even described as having your dreams come true. I’d research experience stories and all the facts‚ but I really just needed to try it myself! A few friends and I were sitting around playing Dead Space 3‚ when my friend Kyle told me that he could

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    My Parents Last Night Together I woke up this morning excited about my daughters first day of 5th grade. The sun was peering through my curtains as I yarned. I turned my face and was greeted by a sloppy kiss from my beloved dog Sasha while Lady squeezed in to the gathering for some affection. I put Emily to bed early wanting her to get a good night sleep. In the middle of the night Philip startled me by sitting up in bed around 5 am saying he had to go to the office early‚ although he was back to

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    the person my father i admire

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    Ocean Depths – Page 25 – Chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 – MORE SCHOOL DAYS MEMORABLE EVENTS While I had been in the hospital‚ my family had moved from our home on Hodge Avenue. I am not really sure why but remember being very angry about it. This meant that upon being discharged from the hospital in May‚ the last couple of weeks of the sixth grade‚ I had to start attending a different school! I attended there for the next two years‚ through 7th and 8th grades. Kennedy Elementary School

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    The great amount of respect and admiration a child had for its mother’s courage is abundantly evident throughout Edna St. Vincent Millay’s The Courage That My Mother Had. Simultaneously‚ the poem conveys feelings of betrayal. Millay’s poem‚ through strong associations with equally as strong words‚ such as rock and granite‚ infers the general theme of the poem and the amount of titular courage the poem’s mother possessed. In lines 3-4‚ a rock is compared to her mother‚ who was born and raised in New

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    The main point of this book review will be to summarize the main points and parts of My Fathers Paradise‚ while giving insight in to specific Jewish customs visited throughout the novel. In addition‚ the themes of Jewish unity and Jewish diversity will be visited. Finally‚ this book review will highlight my own connection to this novel‚ and will analyze how my own experience with Judaism was heightened and altered after reading this book. An ancient community of forgotten Jews lived in a hidden corner

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